In the Eternal Life World.
Fang Qingxue and the others gazed at the tightly shut Gate of Eternal Life, waiting with bated breath.
At some point, the black Dao Ancestor Qi covering the Gate of Eternal Life had vanished without a trace, and the gate had regained its freedom.
But though the Dao Ancestor Qi was gone, Fang Han was no longer beside Fang Qingxue and the others.
He had entered the Gate of Eternal Life to settle that Karma.
Fang Qingxue and the others had no idea exactly how Fang Han intended to do it. They worried for him, but they also waited in hope.
Just then, Meng Chuan appeared beside Fang Qingxue.
"Teacher!" Fang Qingxue called, her voice full of delighted surprise.
"Are you all right? Did you defeat that demon?"
"If I'd lost, would I still be standing here?" Meng Chuan said with a smile. "It's been years, and you've become quite the powerhouse yourself."
"I'm still nowhere near you, Teacher." Fang Qingxue smiled, but the smile soon faded.
"Teacher, that demon tampered with Fang Han's Karma. Fang Han went into the Gate of Eternal Life to deal with it, but he still hasn't come out."
"Could something have happened to him?"
Meng Chuan looked toward the Gate of Eternal Life, only to find that it blocked his gaze. He could not see through it.
But that very resistance revealed something.
An unclaimed Gate of Eternal Life, acting only on instinct, could not have blocked Meng Chuan's gaze.
After all, Meng Chuan was inside the Gate of Eternal Life, not looking in from the Chaos Sea.
"Trust Fang Han. Has he ever let you down?" Meng Chuan's voice had the power to soothe.
"Hahahaha."
Laughter suddenly rang through Heaven and Earth, followed by a voice.
"After finally